Artist Alexandra [Sandra] Haeseker
Title Backyard
Media acrylic on canvas
Dated
1981
Size 47 x 78.75 in. / 119.4 x 200 cm.
Frame Size 51.5 x 83.25 x 1 in.
Sold $3,750
Estimate $3,000 - $5,000
Notes
signed and dated verso; bears title on gallery label verso; framed
Reference
original canvas measures [64 x 80 in.], this was framed by folding the canvas over the strecher to be smaller by previous owner
Provenance
Marlborough Godard Gallery, Toronto, label verso; private collection, Calgary; private collection, British Columbia
Biographical Information
Alexandra [Sandra] Haeseker ~ [b.1945] Canadian ASA, CSPWC, RCA
born in Netherlands and immigrated to Canada in 1955. Haeseker received BFA [1966] from University of Calgary and diploma from Alberta College of Art [1968].She has also received Master of Arts degree in 1972 from the University of Calgary. Haeseker instructed painting, drawing and printmaking at ACAD from 1973-2003 and is now a Lecturer Emeritus at AUArts. Recent international exhibitions include The Elisabeth Anna-Palais in Germany [2015]; The Lamego Art Museum in Portugal [2016]; the Ardel Museum in Thailand [2017]; The Taoxichuan Art Museum in China [2018]; and Edinburgh Printmakers in Scotland [2020]; for biographical information and examples of work see gallery website at www.glenhyrst.ca/haeseker-alexandra
see Alexandra Haeseker, Twenty Years, by L.Smith, A.C.A., 1992; A Measure of Success: Graduates of the A.C.A., by V.Greenfield, pg.83, A.C.A., 1985; Artists of Alberta, by S.Baker, pg.57, U. of Alberta Press, 1980; Selected View: The Longstaffe Collection 1959-1984, by L.Farrell-Ward, V.A.G., pg.60; Western Untitled, by T.Heath, 1976; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.2, pg.27, Westbridge Pub., 2000; included in the University of Calgary Millenium Portfolio, 1999 as alumna; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website